County profile
Macon County, NC
United States · GDP 2024
#1224 of 3,127 US counties by GDP28th-percentile growthmore diversified than 62% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
10,736
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,282
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
39,232
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$59.1k±$6.1k
Bachelor's degree+
27.9%±2.7%
Poverty rate
11.6%±2.4%
Business applications
471 · 2025
Retail establishments
219
56.4/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Retail trade26%
Food & accommodation25%
Health care18%
Construction13%
Information9%
Other services9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
39,232
residents · 2025 · +5.8% since 2020
Income per capita $56.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+3,167
International migration+197
Natural change−1,241
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.7B2019
$1.7B2020
$1.7B2021
$1.9B2022
$2.1B2023
$2.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$251.9k±$16.6k
Median gross rent
$803/mo±$56/mo
Vacancy rate
32.4%±2.5%
Affordability
5.5× wages
Residential permits
$131.4M
251 units · 6.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
73.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$987/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 100Cold wave 93Lightning 75
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1732016
1822017
1882018
2042019
2132020
2392021
3012022
3252023
3542024
3632025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 68% since 20211492021
1822022
1822023
2182024
2512025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
62.2 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
25.5 km
GSM
Nearest port
88.0 km
C. REED DAVIS CONTRACTORS,PORT OF TELLICO BGE WHF
Nearest commercial airport
86.0 km
ASHEVILLE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.7k
avg. annual pay · +29% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Macon?
Macon's economy produced $2.1B in 2024, growing 1.7% year over year — slower than 72% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.